Allies Sure To Win Says Stimson On Salerno Battle
Secretary of War Stimson stated that Allied forces at Salerno face a serious but winnable fight as reinforcements and supplies arrive. He noted both sides are numerically matched, Germans hold tanks and heavy gear, while American and British air power and naval gunfire aid the beachhead. He added evacuation is not considered and Allied advance in southern Italy continues under Montgomery as British and Canadian troops push northward.
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Washington
Sa Jerno
Stimson
Bat
Naples
Mediterranean
Germany
Mark W. Clark
Salerno
Bernard L. Montgomery
Italy
Local Girls At Cobleskill Agricultural School
Cobleskill Agricultural School opened Monday with 49 girls enrolled and more expected. Twenty three seniors return for their final year after summer work in fields they train for, including hospital dieticians, summer camp cooks, day nursery assistants, and playground aides. New students include Elizabeth Jensen, Mary Lescovich, Hilda Smith, Barbara Halse, Jean Merrill, Catherine Donahue, Phylus Eddy and others from Watervliet, Albany, Troy, Saratoga Springs and Glens Falls.
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Cobleskill
Elizabeth L. Jensen
R. D
Watervliet
Mary Lescovich
Lawrence Street
Hilda Smith
R D
Berne
Barbara M. Halse
Rose Court
Albany
Jean M. Merill
Tibbits Avenue
Troy
Catherine M. Donahue
West Aveinue
Saratoga Springs
Phylus
Eddy
Upper Glenn Street
Glens Falls
Delinquency seen as symptom by Margareta Hinchey
Miss Margareta Hinchey principal of Schools 2 and 3 told Rotary Club at Memorial Baptist Church that delinquency stems from unmet urges for success experience or independence and warned of wartime stresses. She urged parental education and ample youth recreation as remedies amid open novelty shops and unlocked cars temptations. Also notes Rally Day at Memorial Baptist Church and local school notices including officers for the High School Service Club and school tax payments in Schaghticoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margareta Hinchey
Rotary Club
Memoral Baptist Church
Miss Hinchey
Vatican Isolated as German Forces Steel Italy
German occupation troops effectively cut Vatican City from outside contact as Pope Pius XII sends envoys and instructions. Rome remains under martial control with machine guns and anti tank weapons deployed around St Peter's and related churches.
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London
U.P
Vatican City
Madrid
Pius XII
Vatican
St. Peter’s Basilica
Church of St. John Latern
College of Propagation of the Faith
Rome
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
National Broadcasting Co
Switzerland
St. Peter's Square
Transparelleweilk
War Price and Rationing Notes and Local News
Local notices discuss rationing guidance by the War Price and Rationing Board with referrals to Albany if needed. Tax collections for School District 10 reveal $14806 received of a $9229020 levy, with Oct 6 deadline and 5 percent penalty after. Baker-Van Wert wedding at St Luke's Episcopal Church features Lorrane Baker and Ernest Van Wert with attendants Dorothy Van Wert and Norman Van Wert. War Bond Drive in Mechanicville District targets $300,000 with early subscrip tions around $18,000. district includes Clifton Park, Malta, Halfmoon, and Stillwater. WACs welcome at school event. Methodist Church promotes Evangelism and Loyalty Visitations. 4-H Merry Maids exhibit at Saratoga County Fair with Laura Cassedy earning multiple blue ribbons. A state theater program accompanies War Bond drive. Selective Service Board 362 meets. Masonic Club dance and Rhythm Makers entertainment planned. new color painting scheme proposed for war plant interiors.
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War Price and Rationing Board
Albany District Office
Everett J Norman
Albany
Thomas Harrigan
Por Longs
Halfmoon
Stillwater
Schaghticohe
St Luke's Episcopal Church
David G Huntington
Dorothy W. van Wert
Norman P van Wert
Mechanicville
Arthur H .Vinett
Air Vinett
Clifton Pass
Malta
WAC
Howard Hunt
School 2
Pruyn’s Hill
Margareta Hiehey
Katherine Ryan
Methodist
Tray
Rex Guy H Blaca
General Commission On Evangelism
Church School
Youth Fellowship
Ballston Spa
Laura Cassedy
Marjone Gaulor
Canning En
September Local Draft Board report at Hoosick Falls
Forty one registrants on the September quota of Local Draft Board No 334 included one transferred to another board and not reporting. Of the remainder, 51 percent were rejected, one held over, and 28 accepted for service in the Army Navy or Marine Corps. Several details cover furloughs and reporting delays, with dates and local names noted.
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Athenry
Army
Nass
Marine Corps Toosen
Iahces
Contrs
Widham Wilson
Cropseville
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Pillsbury
Pillsbury's Cooking Service
Beotind Elamennianle Nnuitchaecs
Pillsburys Best Benshed’ Flour
Fiest
Pillsburys Springfield
Ulanors
End
Lansingburg Council
Parent- Teacher Association
Knickerbocker
Thomas O. Treharne
Council
Walter Bell
James B. Lloyd
Edward Malone
Edward H. Canneld
Everett Brundige
Plattsburg
Memorial Baptist Church
Earl D Wooddell
Marion Jones
Belle Evans
Bridget Belmont
Robert Howland
Schaghticoke
Mary E Willis
Hemstreet Park
Daily Lux Soap
Paulette Goddard
Lux
Stex
Perasiount
Tries
Laura Gaulor
Merry Maids
Phyllis Tate
Nancy Harriman
Sally Phelps
Marcia Silverman
Dorothy Thomas
Ann Sykes
Patty Anne Wight
Alys Collins
Priscilla Smith
Marjorie Gailor
Alvs
Laura
Raton i
Marjorine
Richard D Wright
Saratoga County
Arthur H Vinett
Selective Service Board
Draft
Id Am
Sidney W Hewitt
Masonic Club
Assembly Hall
Masonic Temple
Fipm
The
Rhythm Makers
David Silverman
Hoosick Falls
Peter S.galas
Gaias
Samford Corn
Mas S.galos
Asis
Bessie Roumes
Paap
van Rensselae
Chanter Order of
Eas Sto Owl
Brahan
James M Bahan Higheen
Mss
Ehesben Armstrong
Gerard Tegert
Mary Catholic Deugivers of
Ica
Hoosac
American Red Cross
CGUT
St Stary
Leo Burns
Edward Gorman
Edith Gigel
Joseph Dwyer
Anna Casey
Uncle Sam
Miss Gertrude Hayes
Dora Miles
Muss Hayes
Shoe Dept
Gree Ie
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Sais Gal
Oe Cs Department Store
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